Today is my first day as postdoctoral research assistant RWTH Aachen with Prof. Raul Fuentes continuing with #DEM simulations, of robotic excavations. Many thanks to my mentors Marcos Arroyo Matteo Ciantia 🇬🇧🇮🇹, Antonio Gens Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) for the support and encouragement on the academic path.

First time teaching, not bad

Snowing out of #Aachen city. Happy New Year to everyone

We are looking for a Roboticist to work in our "Institute for Geomechanics and Underground Technology" RWTH Aachen on ground-robot interacion problems. All levels welcome. You only need to be a nice person and awesome at robotics. Please get in touch for an informal chat.

My 🥇 #Soil_and_Foudations is now out and open access for anyone interested in #DEM #Crushing #Rough #Particles... I have 2 admit that it's been a #rough one here with reviewers but after several (I can't 🤔 how many) 🔁 we finally succeeded Ningning Zhang authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

Glad to see, hehe Matteo Ciantia 🇬🇧🇮🇹

Last lecture uploaded, marking the end of the first teaching experience. It was tough in the beginning, but became more and more enjoyable. Thank Raul Fuentes for offering the opportunity. Now more contributions to research😁

Recruiting for a PhD / Post-Doc on robotics & geomechanics. Exciting opportunity to help developing a new lab on robot-ground interaction, carry out research and do some cool teaching. Spread the word please and / or get in touch if interested. Link to be circulated soon.

Robot-Ground interaction Workshop in Assuois, France. 26-28 September 2022, part of Alert Geomaterials events. If you are interested, send an Abstract (format here: alertgeomaterials.eu/data/workshop/…) by end of May. Itai Einav and I are organising. It will be relaxed, fun and interesting!!

The program of the international workshop on 'Bio- and Intelligent Geotechnics' is out now. Raul Fuentes @HansHenning_St Alejandro Martinez JulianTao will give interesting talks. Link: rwth.zoom.us/j/99416182232?… ID: 994 1618 2232 Passcode: 612944

Today our prestigious speakers presented very interesting talks on bio-related research in the workshop 'Bio- and Intelligent Geotechnics'. Still another two sessions on Machine Learning Applications in Geotechnics will continue tomorrow from 8 am (CEST). Ready to join?

Paper accepted in Granular Matter (Springer Nature). Title: Horizontal penetration of a finite-length intruder in granular materials. Authored by Ningning Zhang 💪🦾 Links will follow soon.

Our Department UC Davis College of Engineering is searching for a new faculty member in #Geotechnical Engineering. We are looking for an exceptional individual to develop a significant independent research program... 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05273

It seems easy for robots to move from point A to B in water and air, but definitely not in soils. In this paper, we explore fundamental phenomena in a A-to-B case (i.e. horizontal penetration) of future underground robots. rdcu.be/cXaoR

As an academic writing coach, here are the 7 mistakes I see supervisors and PIs make in the process of co-writing a paper with their PhD students or mentees. A thread. 🧵 #AcademicChatter #newPI #PhDchat

A cake received after class. They said it is for my hard work. Sweet and encouraging! Keep teaching well!

As a professor, pursue the careers of your PhD students and postdocs instead of pursuing your own. I know it may sound strange and even provocative. But in fact it is how it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, a personal gain is the biggest motivation for many professors. More